diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/91_cleanup-logfiles b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/91_cleanup-logfiles
index 7f479fe516..624e60c8a2 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/91_cleanup-logfiles
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/91_cleanup-logfiles
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #
 # runlevels: openelec
 
-progress "clean up log files"
-  rm -f /storage/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/*/*.log 2>/dev/null
-  rm -rf /storage/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/*/log/* 2>/dev/null
+if [ ! "$DEBUG" = "yes" ]; then
+  progress "clean up log files"
+    rm -f /storage/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/*/*.log 2>/dev/null
+    rm -rf /storage/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/*/log/* 2>/dev/null
+fi
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